Beyond the conception of even the Vedas, the man of Yoga-meditation only can behold the Supreme.

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He is not a Muni who practiseth only Yoga-meditation; nor he who liveth only in the woods having retired from the world.

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The learned have said that Brahmacharya is constituted by the twelve virtues, the Yoga-practices are called its Angas, and perseverance in Yoga-meditation called is its Valam and one is crowned with success in this in consequence of the preceptor's aid and the understanding of the sense of the Vedas.

Mbh.12.289.18173

Bhishma said, In days of yore having swallowed up Usanas, Mahadeva of severe vows entered the waters and remained there like an immovable stake of wood, O king, for millions of years engaged in Yoga-meditation.

Mbh.12.289.18179

After this, Mahadeva armed with Pinaka, that soul of Yoga, once more betook himself to Yoga-meditation.

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That person who, without being attached thereto, enjoys all objects of sense with the aid of senses that are completely under his control, who is possessed of a tranquil soul, who is never moved by joy of sorrow, who is engaged in Yoga-meditation, who lives in companionship with the deities presiding over his senses and dissociated also from them, and who, though endued with a body, never regards himself as identifiable with it, becomes emancipated and very soon attains to that which is highest good.

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He immediately had recourse to Yoga-meditation and learnt that she was intent upon doing what was necessary for restoring her husband to his true position.

Mbh.13.14.932

Some of those ascetics subsisted upon air and some upon water, some were devoted to Japa or the silent recitation of sacred Mantras, and some were engaged in cleansing their souls by practising the virtues of compassion while some amongst them were Yogins devoted to the abstraction of Yoga-meditation.

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With great devotion of heart he adored, with the aid of Yoga-meditation, the great God for ten thousand years.

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Thou art that Adhyatma which is the refuge of all righteous persons that are devoted to Yoga-meditation and conversant with the Soul and that are solicitous of avoiding rebirth.

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On the other hand, with regulated vows and cleansed soul, he practised austere penances by standing on one foot for a thousand years, and was deeply engaged in Yoga-meditation.

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Kasyapa and others, in days of old, observed the austerest penances and roved over the world, desirous of attaining to the eternal region of Brahman by the aid of Yoga-meditation.

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Absorption, Yoga-meditation, and adherence to those duties that constitute piety and that have been laid down as such in the scriptures and the Vedas are some of the other duties prescribed for them.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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